Art Therapist

• Award winning and innovative Aged Care Provider, including recipient of Xref’s "Best Workplace Award 2023" and "Change Champion Award 2023"
• Wellbeing initiatives along with Employee Recognition lunches and daily staff meals
• 3 days per week 
• Beautiful Hunters Hill location 

An opportunity is available at our Hunters Hill campus for a qualified Art Therapist to join our dynamic inter-disciplinary team and undertake art therapy activities for the enjoyment of our Residents in a well-resourced and innovative environment.

 Your key responsibilities will include:

• Holistically develop and maintain better practice art therapy programs
• Establish and coordinate outcome based therapeutic art programs
• Develop and maintain appropriate documentation for resident care needs

Essential Criteria:

• Masters in Art Therapy or equivalent
• Be eligible for membership of ANZATA and comply with the professional standards of the Creative Therapy profession.
• Ability to effectively supervise staff (e.g. volunteers, students etc.)
• Excellent communications skills (written, verbal and interpersonal skills)
• Operate effectively in a team and autonomously
• Excellent organisational skills and time management
• Computer skills across a range of programs include Microsoft Word and Excel.

Desired Criteria:

• Experience working in an aged care setting
• Experience in therapeutic care planning

The successful candidate will possess excellent interpersonal skills, an ability to work within a team and have a passion and genuine desire to work with an older population. Previous experience working within aged care and with people living with dementia will be highly regarded. 

About Us:

Montefiore is an award-winning, Sydney-based aged care provider, with a proud 130-year history as a non-profit organisation founded on Jewish values. We support older members of the community to live with choice, dignity and wellbeing through trusted residential care, flexible home care and luxury retirement living. 

What we offer:

We offer a competitive remuneration package that includes NFP salary packaging, generous leave entitlements (including 5 weeks of annual leave and 12 ADOs per annum) and a highly supportive workplace culture with a genuine passion for continuous improvement and excellence. To find out more about what we do and to apply online, please visit our website: http://www.montefiore.org.au

All offers of employment are dependent upon successful completion of the organisation’s pre-employment check process. This includes (but is not limited to) the requirement to be willing to obtain a Criminal Police Check. 

Applications close: 1 April 2024

For a confidential discussion or more information, please contact Loren Woolf, Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor on 02 8345 9***

Please note that applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications may be reviewed prior to the closing date. As such, the closing date is subject to change without notice.